Extraordinary feat! India achieves complete COVID-19 vaccination of 90% of its adult population

New Delhi, July 4: Calling it an extraordinary feat, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday informed that India has achieved the completion of vaccination of 90% of its adult population.

 

 

Taking to Twitter, Mandaviya, tweeted, "What an extraordinary feat! With PM @NarendraModi Ji's mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Prayas, India achieves complete vaccination of 90% of its adult population. Way to go! We will win the battle against the pandemic together!"

 

 

On Monday, the Health Ministry that India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 197.98 Cr (1,97,98,21,197) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,58,55,578 sessions, according to the Union health ministry.

 

So far, more than 3.69 Cr (3,69,12,764) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.

 

India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 1,13,864. Active cases now constitute 0.26% of the country’s total Positive Cases. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.53%. 13,958 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,28,79,477.

 

Meanwhile, 16,135 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,32,978 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 86.39 Cr (86,39,99,907) cumulative tests. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 3.74% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 4.85%.